Jenny Horne

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Jenny Horne
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives for District 94
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1972-10-12) October 12, 1972 (age 51)
Summerville, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Marc F. Horne (m. 1996)
Children 2

Jenny Anderson Horne (born October 12, 1972) is an attorney and a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Early life

Jenny Anderson Horne, the daughter of Cynthia Williams[1] and John Daniel Anderson, Jr., was born on October 12, 1972 in Dorchester County, South Carolina.[2] She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where she earned a bachelor's in English and a law degree.[3]

Career

Horne is an attorney.[4]

A member of the Republican Party, she has served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives since 2009.[2] In a 2015 speech on the House floor in which she claimed to be a direct descendant of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, she advocated the quick removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the grounds of the state capitol.[5]

Reportedly, Rep. Horne never researched her claim of descent from Davis, but was told of it by her grandfather.[6] This was disclosed as her connection to Davis came under scrutiny.[7] In response, Rep. Horne indicated she was not inclined to research the claim.[8]

Horne is not descended from the Confederate President Jefferson Davis. She is descended from James Jefferson Davis . Horne is his great-great-great-granddaughter.[9] [10] [11] This particular line of her genealogical profile is thus:

1 Cross Ragland DAVIS b: ABT 1800 d: 1860/1870 + Huldah DIGBY b: 1804 d: 1870
2 James Jefferson DAVIS b: 1841/1842 d: 20 Mar 1879 + Elizabeth Caroline CARROLL b: 4 May 1836 d: 18 May 1917
3 Alice DAVIS b: 18 May 1875 d: 2 Nov 1900 + William G PRYOR b: Feb 1862 d: aft 1940
4 Lida Mae PRYOR b: 1900 d: DEAD + Fred James WILLIAMS b: Oct 1897 d: DEAD
5 James Pryor WILLIAMS b: 29 Aug 1923 d: 10 Oct 1987 + Frances Imogene SWICEGOOD b: 12 Dec 1926 d: 28 May 2007
6 Cynthia WILLIAMS + John Daniel ANDERSON Jr.
7 Jenny ANDERSON Horne

It was reported in July 2015, Horne was considering a challenge of U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford for the 1st District congressional seat.[12]

Personal life

Horne's husband, Marc F. Horne, is a realtor. They were married on May 11, 1996.[2] They have two children.[2]

References

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  4. Michael E. Miller, Jenny Horne: How a descendant of the president of the Confederacy helped vanquish his flag, The Washington Post, July 9, 2015
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  6. Brenda Rindge, Jenny Horne: She needed to get the flag debate back on track, The Post and Courier, July 9, 2015
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  9. https://www.facebook.com/groups/shpg1/permalink/1243967362285138/
  10. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pprokasy&id=I12837
  11. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=catherineburr357&id=I54829
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